274 CHECK-UST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS, 



g. Melospiza melodia rufina (Bonaparte). Sooty iong Sparrow. [581/.] 

 Passerella rufina Bonaparte, Consp. Avium, I, 1850, 477. (Sitka, 

 Alaska.) 



Range. — Alaska coast district. Breeds on the southern islands and coast 

 from Cross Sound and Glacier Bay to Dixon Entrance; winters south to coast 

 of British Columbia, Vancouver Island, and the Olympic Mountains of Wash- 

 ington. 



h. Melospiza melodia riTul&ris W. Bryant. Brown's Son; Sparrow. [581^.] 

 Melospiza fasdata rivularis Bryant, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 2, I, 

 Sept. 29, 1888, 197. (Comondu, Lower California.) 



Range. — South central Lower California (San Ignacio to Comondu). 



i. Melospiza melodia graminea C. H. Townsend. Santa Barbara Song 

 Sparrow. [581ft.] 

 Melospiza fasdata graminea Townsend, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XIII, 

 1890, 139. (Santa Barbara Island, California.) 



Range. — Santa Barbara and Santa Cruz islands, California. 



/. Melospiza melodia clemSntse C. H. Townsend. San Clemente Song 

 Sparrow. [581i.] 

 Melospiza fasdata clementcs Townsend, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XIII, 

 1890, 139. (San Clemente Island, California.) 



Range. — San Clemente, San Miguel, and Santa Rosa islands, California, 

 and Coronados Islands, Lower California. 



Tc. Melospiza melodia juddi Bishop. Dakota Song Sparrow. [581;.] 



Melospiza fasdata jvddi Bishop, Auk, XIII, April, 1896, 132. (Rock 

 Lake, Towner Co., North Dakota.) 



Range. — Southwestern Saskatchewan to Turtle Mountains, North Dakota. 



{. Melospiza melodia m^rrilli Brewster. Merrill's Song Sparrow. [581A:.] 

 Melospiza fasdata merrilli Brewster, Auk, XIII, Jan., 1896, 46. (Fort 

 Sherman, Idaho.) 



Range. — Northwestern United States. Breeds from Fort Sherman, Idaho, 

 west and south through Washington and Oregon east of the Cascades to Shasta 

 County, California; winters south to Nevada, Utah, Arizona, and Sonora. 



m. Melospiza melodia pnsSlula Ridgway. Alameda Song Sparrow. [5812.] 

 Melospiza fasdata pusillula Ridgway, Auk, XVI, Jan., 1899, 35. (Ala- 

 meda Co., California.) 



Range. — Salt marshes on south side of San Francisco Bay, California. 



